Dear Viking friends,
Finally, we have our next CD-R about Viking objects ready. It deals with
Viking Knives, and contains pictures and drawings, as well as detailed
images of real as well as reconstructed knives. As usual, there are also
high resolution photos, possible to zoom to show details of the
different knives.Please visit www.arkeodok.com.

I would also like to take the opportunity to inform you about Viking
History courses run by Gotland University. We are in a couple of weeks
beginning this summer´s excavation course of the Viking Port of Trade at
Frojel. Later on in autumn, there will be an Internet course about
Viking society, followed next spring with another Internet based course,
as well as a new summer excavation course of the Viking trading place at
Frojel. For more information and for register to the courses, please go
to www.hgo.se, and the English pages. Keep in mind that joining a
Swedish university course is always free of charge, except for a small
fee to the students union.

Dear Viking friends,
Finally, the CD about Viking Jewellery is finished and ready to go. As
usual, it takes far more time then you expect, but anyway, now it is
ready. It contains some 100 photos and galleries of brooches,
belt-buckles, pendants etc. Interested to find out more, please go to
our home page at: www.arkeodok.com

As you might recall, I had a question to you all under the headline of
Strange Artefacts about a piece of blue glass fitted into a bronze
cylinder. From all the answers, I am pretty sure it is a kind of
decoration to a Christian religious object, like a cross, a shrine or a
cover to a book. Interesting is that they have found a very similar
piece in the town of Sigtuna in middle Sweden. On the page, there is a
new photo of the one from Sigtuna, and you can judge by yourself.

Finally, I have once again news about a new silver hoard found on the
island of Gotland. The excavation is going on at this very moment, and
so far some 300 coins have been found, mainly from 11th century. As you
might know, Gotland is tremendously rich in Viking Age, not at least
shown by the about 700 silver and gold hoards that have been found on
the island.
Best regards
Dan Carlsson
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Check out http://www.vikinggotland.com/ 9/03http://www2.hgo.se/kurskatalogen.nsf/Englishcourses!OpenView
as well.

Master Magnus

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